Hat-hanger



(No Model.)

T. T. PEARSON. HAT HANGER.

No. 560,598. Patented May 19, 1896.

AN DREW 8.6RAHAM, PNUTO-LITNQWASHINGTUM D,C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS T. PEARSON, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOEDlVARD D. GIBBS, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOSEPH F. STODDARD, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,598, dated May 19,1896.

Application filed June 13, 1895. Serial No. 552,737. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS T. PEARSON, of Somerville, in thecounty ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hat-Hangers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to hat-hangers designed to afford a convenientmeans for hanging a hat on any projection or in any convenient place,theobject of the invention being to provide a simple device which may besecured in and detached from a hat of any kind, whether soft or stiff,and by means of which the hat may be securely suspended either from anail or hook, the side of a chair, a projection on the wall, or from acoat or other article of wearing apparel, and also to so simplify theconstruction of the same that it may be manufactured easily and cheaplyand may be folded in the hat when not in use, so that the latter may beworn without detaching it.

With these ends in view I have devised a simple and novel hat-hangerembodying my invention, which I will now proceed to describe withparticularity, and set forth in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the sameletters designating the same parts or features, as the case may be,wherever they occur.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a hat partially in section with myimproved hat-hanger applied, the latter being sprung up in its normalposition in the hat. Fig. 2. is a side view of the hanger detached fromthe hat. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4: shows in detail theholder to which the spring-strip is secured. Fig. 5 shows in detail aslightly modified form of holder. Figs. 6 and 7 show a modified form ofattaching plate and holder.

I have shown my invention as applied to a stiff hat; butit will beunderstood that it may be also employed for suspending a soft or felthat as well.

a designates the attachingplate, which is slightly curved to conform tothe shape of the hat and is placed between the sweat-band and the bodyof the hat. It is provided with a laterally extending holder for thehanger proper, the holder consisting of a wire I), bent to have two legsIf, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and having the ends of its legs solderedto the said plate a. Said holder has an end bar 12 and a cross-piece bsoldered or otherwise secured thereto, which form an aperture 19 thepurpose of all of which will hereinafter be described.

0 indicates a long flexible steel strip to which the suspending deviceis pivoted. It has its inner end curved into an eye 0, which passesaround the cross-piece b, the strip then passing through the aperture baround the end bar 17 back between the two legs I), and then forward. Bythis bending of the end of the strip a coiled spring is formed, whichholds the remainder thereof normally close against the body of the hat,as shown in Fig. 1. The outer end of the strip is bent to form a hookcl, which is concavo-convex at the bend, as at cl, so that when thestrip is bent, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the hook may beslipped over the edge of the hatbrim and will not wear the bindingthereon.

6 indicates as a whole the suspending device, which is pivotally securedto the strip byaband f. Said suspending device consists of a wire bentintoa straight movable arm 6', a spring 6 a rigid arm 6 and acurved hookportion a, having a pointed end (2 passing through an eye 6 on thespring-arm 6, there being a stop e on the hook portion to limit themovement of the said spring-arm.

Vhen the hanger is not required for use, it is allowed to spring up intothe hat, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, but when it is to be used theouter end is grasped and pulled down until the hook d slips over thebrim, which holds the end down, so that the suspending device will bepractically rigid with the hat. This is an important feature of myinvention, as will be readily understood, as it prevents any tendency ofthe attaching-plate to slip out of its place.

The suspending device lies normally in a plane parallel with the planeof the flat strip, so that it may be hung upon a nail or hook like anordinary hanger and thereby prevent the hat from being worn or abradedby direct contact with the hook or nail. When no nails are handy, thehat may be readily hung up by twisting the suspending device into theposition shown in Fig. 2 and passing the hook over the rung or arm of achair or back of a settle, or resting the point 6 upon a projection froma wall or the woodwork thereon. If the nail or hook is entirely taken upwith an overcoat, the hook of the suspending device may be slipped intoabutton hole thereof or the point 6 may be caught into the fabric. Byproviding the stop 6 against which the eye a on the spring-arm e abuts,there is no danger of the hook 6 being bent outof shape so as to allowthe hat to drop, as might be the case were the stop not provided. Thedevice will not injure the hat in any way or tend to wear or abrade it,the'concavo-convex portion cl of the hook d preventing the edges of thestrip from touching the hat and presenting a rounded smooth surfaceagainst the hat, which will not injure it.

In Fig. 5 I show in the small views a slightlymodified form of holderfor the spring-strip. In this case the cross-bar is omitted and the wirehas the legs Z9 Z9 bent into a loop, as shown at b. The strip 0 has atits end a cross-bar 0 which is slipped into the loops, and the strip isbent around the end bar 19 to form a spring. If it is found that thespring thus formed has not sufficient strength, another half-turn may begiven to it by turning the cross-bar upside down, as will be readilyunderstood.

Instead of forming the attaching-plate of a metallic strip and solderingthe holder thereto, I may form the two of a single wire, as shown inFig. 6, this being my preferred form. In thiscase the wire may be bentso as to have a long side a and two shortsides a a parallel thereto, theends a being bent at right angles thereto, so as .to form the holder forthe spring-strip.

b is a cross-barwhieh may be adjusted 011 the holder to suit theparticular hat with which the hanger is used. The bar 17 is providedwith pins 19 which may be thrust into the fabric of a soft hat tosecurely fasten the fastener and holder in place.

Having thus explained the nature of-the invention and described a way ofconstruct ing and using the same, though without attempting to set forthall of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use,it is declared that what is claimed is- 1. A hat-hanger comprising inits construction, a flexible metallic strip, means for detachablysecuring its end to the hat, said strip having its other end free to bebent around the brim, and having a hook rigidly formed thereon to slipover the edge of the brim and a hook swiveled to said free end.

2. A hat-hanger, comprising in its construction, an attaching plate, aholder secured thereto and formed of wires bent to have two legs and anend bar, a flexible strip having one end bent around said end bar toform a spring and having its other end formed into a hook adapted toengage the hat-brim, and a suspending device secured to said strip,substantially as described.

3. A hat-hanger, comprising in its construction, an attaching-plate, aflexible metallic strip bent into a spring at one end and securedthereto, and bent into a hook at the other end adapted to engage thehat-brim, and a suspending device pivoted thereto, and consisting of awire bent to form a hook with a pointed end, and amovable spring-armhaving an eye at its end through which said hook passes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 28th day of May, A. D. 1895.

THOMAS T. PEARSON.

Witnesses:

EDWARD D. GrBBs, J OSEPH F. STODDARD.

